ADAM DUDLEY is a Solo, a one person small owner, and an explorer of all things and places that interest him. He has endured his share of disappointments and setbacks, has found himself focused on the wrong things, has made plenty of changes, and now helps others build high-performing solo businesses and rich lives while removing obstacles and avoiding mistakes.

A graduate of University High School in Orlando, Florida, Adam earned a bachelor’s degree in Exercise & Sport Sciences from University of Florida. He passed his Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) exam, which 40% of candidates fail. Adam has gone on to become a certified strategic planning and management expert, a Balanced Scorecard (BSC) Practitioner. Over 50% of large US firms have adopted the BSC.

Adam's work experience is as varied as his education. After graduating from college, he worked for the YMCA doing fitness and wellness administration and client services. In 2002, he left the Y and went on to build several fitness businesses of his own, eventually employing personal trainers and a yoga teacher and taking up a management role. In 2005, he left the fitness profession for good.

Adam became the first entrepreneur in his family, and gained the invaluable mentorship of several high net worth individuals. During his career, Adam has formed over a dozen businesses, raised $715,000 from angel investors, and helped countless solo and small business owners move towards their vision and goals with more ease, speed, and certainty.

He has done such diverse work for clients as design and create marketing copy and campaigns, manage projects and programs, and design sophisticated business plans for an assortment of nonprofit and corporate clients. Adam's experience also includes strategic planning and management for small private companies and nonprofits, and designing, analyzing, and implementing marketing and business strategies.

Adam made more than few shifts along the way. He ran marketing for an upstart restaurant and nightlife company in Orlando, which grew from $0 to $2 million in sales in less than one year. He then went on to take over and rebrand a struggling cafe, renaming it Sol River Coffeehouse & Lounge. His work for the cafe led to his first 15 minutes of fame, as Voice of America used his cafe and interview in a video piece in 2008. He has been a DJ, playing nightclubs and all night parties in 2002. He recently started his own music label with a friend, Flash Jack Music, which produces internationally-released recordings of classic and contemporary house music.

In 2011, Adam and his wife, Heather, created a lifestyle model that made even the wealthiest envious. Together they founded Location Liberated, a publishing and coaching business designed to educate others on how they too can live a “location liberated” lifestyle. They traded the corporate and traditional business lifestyle for the pursuit of destination spots worldwide while earning income through conducting virtual business from any location of their choice. They balanced time, lifestyle, and income and enjoyed each of these life components to its fullest through their “modern vagabond” experiences.

Adam and Heather dedicated themselves to helping others achieve this same lifestyle if they so choose. To this end, they created their website to chronicle their journey and encourage others to step out and fulfill their dreams as well.

Adam is a practitioner of yoga, mindfulness, and martial arts of over 25 years. In 2013 he joined the Give Back Yoga Foundation with a tribe of other yoga practitioners committed to making yoga available to underserved and under-resourced populations. Today GBY boasts thousands of people experiencing the healing power of yoga who otherwise wouldn’t have had access, and has raised hundreds of thousands for charitable purposes. Adam has served as Chief Operating Officer of The Give Back Yoga Foundation as well as a Strategic Advisor to another nonprofit, the Modern Widows Club.

Adam's greatest accomplishments have nothing to do with money or status in the business world. When asked to list his most meaningful life experiences, he'll tell anyone who'll listen about training at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs just before he became President of the University of Florida Taekwondo Team. Another accomplishment is his marriage of 15 years.

When asked today what he does, Adam will answer, "I liberate Solos." He is the President of Adam C. Dudley Associates, LLC, which offers mentoring, coaching, and consulting. "My mission is to help solo small business owners create high-performing businesses that empower their life’s work and get them free to live as they choose."

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Nancy Bankston says...

​"Working with Adam, I have gained the courage to look at my business behaviors and belief systems with clear, open eyes and an honest heart. I am evolving into the mentor and business owner I have always aspired to be. I feel a renewed confidence in my decision making ability, leadership skills and more courage going forward in building a company culture and vision that in is alignment with my heart. Adam helps me in ways that are almost impossible to articulate. How do you describe the opening of parts of your mental and emotional being that have previously been dormant. He sees the places that need to be stirred and proceeds in the most gracious, completely non judgmental matter to challenge my potential. Anyone who is ready to look at what is holding them back or needs assistance in clarifying their vision would greatly benefit from working with Adam. Plus a hundred more bonuses as well."

Kevin McCarthy says...

"Adam is a thoughtful coach who listens well, processes in your best interest, and then offers wise counsel. Below his peaceful nature the wheels are spinning as he's thinking about what you need to succeed."